I've heard that stated before, I don't doubt it-he's a big bastard. This is off rivals.com and it doesn't give a weight but if he was tops it gives you a good idea, its a list of all that years 5 star prospects:

The top quarterback in Florida has a rocket for an arm and is also very athletic. Tebow is perhaps the strongest signal caller in this year's class as he topped the testing charts at the Tallahassee NIKE camp with the best bench press mark. Florida has long been considered the team to beat for Tebow's services, but Michigan, Southern Cal and Alabama also are in the picture. Jeremy Patterson says: "Pound for pound could be the nation's best athlete. Has an extremely strong arm, is very tough to get on the ground and is a true dual-threat quarterback."

did you know ben johnson could squat 500 pounds, at a bodyweight of about 185lbs?

Yea dude, sprinters do rediculous strength training. Their lifts are incredible. I've heard some top sprinters don't even do running drills every day of the week, but most of their training is weight focused.

A few yers ago there was a show on ESPN about Tebow and it said he could bench 220 going into high school. He was homeschooled so he basically had nothing better to do than lift. He was doing 220 5+ years ago so I dont doubt he can do 400 or more.

You also have to remember it wasn't a strict powerlifting bench press. Most ball players I know do the "bounce that **** on your chest as hard as can and if you can almost get it have your buddies help" type of bench. As far as the squats. Again you have to remember odds are it wasn't a strict squat. Most times I've seen athletes working out they do half or 3/4 squats and call that a full squat.

Most running backs can do that and they weight around 180-220 usually.

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You also have to remember it wasn't a strict powerlifting bench press. Most ball players I know do the "bounce that **** on your chest as hard as can and if you can almost get it have your buddies help" type of bench. As far as the squats. Again you have to remember odds are it wasn't a strict squat. Most times I've seen athletes working out they do half or 3/4 squats and call that a full squat.

With the bench I agree, but this isnt bodybuilding...you can do that because all your trying to do is build explosive strength...Why do you think most programs bench around 3x a week, and only do 1-2 excercises for chest. Its not about building muscle...its about building function explosive strength.

Also for the squat I disagree, I been in many football weightrooms and the coaches and strength trainers always make them go down ass to grass with insane amounts of weight.

Most running backs can do that and they weight around 180-220 usually.

With the bench I agree, but this isnt bodybuilding...you can do that because all your trying to do is build explosive strength...Why do you think most programs bench around 3x a week, and only do 1-2 excercises for chest. Its not about building muscle...its about building function explosive strength.

Also for the squat I disagree, I been in many football weightrooms and the coaches and strength trainers always make them go down ass to grass with insane amounts of weight.

Yep, you're spot on with those statements. The routines you see in football weightrooms are much different than those of bodybuilders, there's no real 'split' for different body parts. As for squats, we always had to go ATG, and if we didn't then they made us lower the weight.